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COUNTY OF HAWAII -+ _•- STATE OF HAWAII <br /> •RESOLUTION NO. 52 13 <br /> A RESOLUTION URGING THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO <br /> RENAME THE SADDLE ROAD IN HONOR OF DANIEL K. INOUYE. <br /> WHEREAS, Daniel K. Inouye was elected as the United States Senator from Hawai`i in <br /> 1962, and re-elected in 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004 and 2010; and <br /> WHEREAS, Senator Inouye was chair of the Appropriations Committee and President <br /> Pro Tempore at the time of his death on December 17, 2012; and <br /> WHEREAS, Senator Inouye represented the people of Hawai`i and the nation honestly <br /> and to the best of his ability; and <br /> WHEREAS, Senator Inouye used his seniority and influence during his nearly 50 years <br /> in the Senate to help Hawai`i benefit from federal expenditures relating to national defense, <br /> transportation, higher education, astronomy, agriculture, economic development and community <br /> development; and <br /> WHEREAS, Senator Inouye directed federal funds to Hawai`i for the realignment of <br /> State Route 200, known as the Saddle Road; and <br /> WHEREAS, the completed Saddle Road will support national defense, transportation, <br /> astronomy, agriculture, economic development and community development; and <br /> WHEREAS, Hawai`i Senate Bill No. 50 would rename the Saddle Road the "Daniel K. <br /> Inouye legacy highway"; and <br /> WHEREAS, the renaming of the Saddle Road would not affect the status of federal or <br /> state funding for ongoing and future construction; and <br /> WHEREAS, the renaming of the Saddle Road is an appropriate and permanent way to <br /> remind users of the highway of the legacy of Senator Inouye; now, therefore, <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the <br /> Legislature of the State of Hawai`i is urged to rename the Saddle Road in honor of Daniel K. <br /> Inouye. <br />